American rock band Black Stone Cherry was formed in 2001 in Edmonton, Kentucky. The founding lineup consisted of Chris Robertson on lead vocals, Ben Wells on guitars, John Fred Young on drums, and Jon Lawhon on bass guitar. Lawhon left the band in 2021, so Steve Jewell Jr. took his place. Black Stone Cherry’s sound... Continue Reading →
Aerosmith just announced that they are postponing all of their currently scheduled dates for their Peace Out farewell tour to sometime in 2024, due to frontman Steven Tyler’s vocal injury. On September 11, 2023, the band previously announced that Tyler sustained vocal cord damage during their September 9 show in New York at the UBS... Continue Reading →
Warpaint is the seventh studio album by American rock band The Black Crowes and was released on March 3, 2008. It was their first album of new material in almost seven years. Following the departures of guitarist Marc Ford and keyboardist Eddie Harsch in fall 2006, the band welcomed a couple of new faces to... Continue Reading →
A lot of my favorite bands are getting up there in age and are way past their prime years. But instead of complaining and stressing about that, I decided to check out a band that is young, hot, and still going strong. Who could possibly fit that description? Well, Rival Sons, of course. On August... Continue Reading →
One of the greatest southern rock bands of all time, Lynyrd Skynyrd, are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their iconic debut album, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), which was released on August 13, 1973. This is a band that has been through hell and back. Whenever success came knocking at their door, it was followed by tragedies... Continue Reading →
I’ve heard the name Lynyrd Skynyrd throughout my whole life, but I didn’t dive into their catalog until after Gary Rossington’s death. While I love their classic stuff with original singer Ronnie Van Zant, I also really dig their songs with Johnny Van Zant, Ronnie’s younger brother. However, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s decision to reform and carry... Continue Reading →
I don’t do album ranking posts often because I don’t believe in collecting every single studio album by a band, unless it’s absolutely necessary. Heck, I don’t even own all of Def Leppard’s studio albums. But, I own enough to the point where I could rank them for a blog post and that’s what I’m... Continue Reading →
Album openers are very important because if you start off with the wrong song, listeners will lose interest and they won’t give the rest of the album a chance. Sometimes, people will buy an album because they enjoyed the first song so much that they didn’t need to hear anything else. Even if the rest... Continue Reading →
Shoutout to my WordPress friend deKe for convincing me to buy this book, thanks to his review! The Decade That Rocked: The Photography of Mark “Weissguy” Weiss (2020) was written by Richard Bienstock. It includes a foreword by Rob Halford, an afterword by Eddie Trunk, and contributions from Daniel Siwek. This book takes readers on... Continue Reading →
Overkill are probably one of the most hard-working bands on the planet today. Since their debut album Feel the Fire (1985), the American thrash metal band has been pumping out new albums almost consistently. This past April, they released their twentieth studio album Scorched (2023) through Nuclear Blast Records. In an article transcribed by Blabbermouth.net,... Continue Reading →
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